On my way to Osaka i stayed 3 days in Dubai.

This are my first pics.

The pics are in order.

The original
http://tinypic.com/4j2jyp

And the reflection
http://tinypic.com/4j2k1z

http://tinypic.com/4j2k3m

Communication in Dubai is very difficult
http://tinypic.com/4j2k4i

http://tinypic.com/4j2k61

http://tinypic.com/4j2k9h

http://tinypic.com/4j2kae

A nice looking facade
http://tinypic.com/4j2kb4

http://tinypic.com/4j2kcm

It is dangerous, but he don`t care^^^
http://tinypic.com/4j2khy

It really surprised me that there is so much green.
http://tinypic.com/4j2knm

http://tinypic.com/4j2koo

http://tinypic.com/4j2kqt

A nice looking vila
http://tinypic.com/4j2kv6

More pic comes later.
At the end i think i will upload more than 100 pics.

wow these are some great pix you made! can't wait to see the rest.

It's nice to see some real photos of Dubai, instead of just skyline, airport and 7 star hotel photos. Not that I want to criticize Dubai, but I just want to get a more realistic feeling for the place.

FANTASTIC PHOTOS MAN :) i love them so much , YOUR A PRO.

great pictures, did you see the burj?

awesome pics !

More pics from day 1

Dubai is really green, but not natural.
http://tinypic.com/4j74hk

I am a christian but i respect other religions.
http://tinypic.com/4j74mf

Let`s destroy the old and build something new, something better.
http://tinypic.com/4j74np

Look at the green ^^
http://tinypic.com/4j74p0

A wall of skyscrapers.
http://tinypic.com/4j74sw

It is not a pool.
http://tinypic.com/4j74uf

More water.
http://tinypic.com/4j74w6

The perfect job in a hot city :D
http://tinypic.com/4j74zq

A nice pic of the tallest and the 3rd tallest in Dubai
http://tinypic.com/4j751d

Big construction
http://tinypic.com/4j753c

Tight ^^
http://tinypic.com/4j75af

part one
http://tinypic.com/4j7pjm

part two
http://tinypic.com/4j7pkp

More green.
http://tinypic.com/4j7pmu

http://tinypic.com/4j7pxc

On my way to the EMAAR sales office.
http://tinypic.com/4j7pyh

The future.
http://tinypic.com/4j7q1c

A skyline shot from the EMAAR sales office.
http://tinypic.com/4j7psm

Nice pics, Dubai is great esp. with the number of skyscrapers coming up, it'll be one of the best cities in the world for skyscraper fans. :)

One of the best pictures I've ever seen!!!


btw u wouldnt expect natural greenery if the city is in the desert.

It's nice to see some real photos of Dubai, instead of just skyline, airport and 7 star hotel photos. Not that I want to criticize Dubai, but I just want to get a more realistic feeling for the place.

Exactly! Actually my opinions of Dubai have improved after this thread as this is the first time iv ever seen pics of actual Dubai, rather than the tacky disneyland type feel of the usual Dubai pics.

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

Let me start to post the real interesting pictures :D

http://tinypic.com/4jkggl

http://tinypic.com/4jkgv5

http://tinypic.com/4jkgwm

http://tinypic.com/4jkh0m

http://tinypic.com/4jkh29

http://tinypic.com/4jkh6o

Twins reflecting the sun
http://tinypic.com/4jkh85

Water traffic
http://tinypic.com/4jkha0

The old towers of Dubai
http://tinypic.com/4jkhdt

http://tinypic.com/4jkhft

A secret message :D
http://tinypic.com/4jkhky

these are great pics...;)

but the place seems so empty, especially the streets, i cant fine a singlie person walking around on the foot path

these are great pics...;)

but the place seems so empty, especially the streets, i cant fine a singlie person walking around on the foot path

The place is not really empty, i just like to make this pic with no people in it to make the pics more mystic and more nice. If someone with traditional clothes walked truh this area i would make a pic but there were only people with western clothes. So i waited before they left.

Day 2 :)

http://tinypic.com/4jte6t

http://tinypic.com/4jtedc

I like the architecture in Dubai.
http://tinypic.com/4jtef4

But not every building :D
http://tinypic.com/4jtegm

This is near Dubai Marina
http://tinypic.com/4jtelt

http://tinypic.com/4jteno

Dubai Marina
http://tinypic.com/4jtesm

Someone found his paradise
http://tinypic.com/4jteur

What`s the big deal with Dubai ?!
My answear
http://tinypic.com/4jtez6

This are the people that give Dubais future the shape.
http://tinypic.com/4jtf11

How will it look in 5 years ?
http://tinypic.com/4jtf6t

Some buildings are build and they look nice.
http://tinypic.com/4jtfde

I should be a propaganda photograph :D
http://tinypic.com/4jtff7

I think you know it :D
But i couldn`t get inside even with money >_<
http://tinypic.com/4jtfh0

Madinat Jumeirah
http://tinypic.com/4jtfm8

You can see The Palm Jumeirah in the background
http://tinypic.com/4jtfn9

I took this pic from a forbidden place *g*
But i don`t really care
http://tinypic.com/4jtfs1

Look how small the palms are
http://tinypic.com/4jtfua

Back to the SZR
http://tinypic.com/4jtfyo

http://tinypic.com/4jtfzs

http://tinypic.com/4jtg1e

I have never seen such birds before
http://tinypic.com/4jtg2b

Do you like my pics ? :)

u joking right , I LOVE EM:p

lovely photos!!

The rest of day 2.
A overview of Dubai from the World Trade Center.
http://tinypic.com/4juxaw

http://tinypic.com/4juxd4

http://tinypic.com/4juxdz

The SZR
http://tinypic.com/4juxhs

The World under construction
http://tinypic.com/4juxj4

http://tinypic.com/4juxjq

http://tinypic.com/4juxl1

http://tinypic.com/4juxox

No one told me that Sharjah has such an impressive Skyline.
http://tinypic.com/4juxpx

http://tinypic.com/4juxrl

http://tinypic.com/4juz28

Palm Deira in the distance
http://tinypic.com/4juz4i

I have taken this pics during my meeting with Altind

http://tinypic.com/4juzbn

http://tinypic.com/4juzcp

http://tinypic.com/4juzgj

Altind: Thank you for showing me this place
http://tinypic.com/4juzh3

http://tinypic.com/4juzhz

if you post these pics earlier there wouldn't the dicussions like "what's so special about dubai?".

those skyscrapers are REALLY REALLY nice, the yeah, the city is so green, i dont care if it's natural or not, as long as it's green.

it is a little empty though, it doesnt have that kind of hustle feelings , but it's very organized and clean, which i like.

i only saw the some of the pics btw, due to my slow internet connection, and they already impressed me.

http://tinypic.com/4juzhz

http://tinypic.com/4juxhs

A peace of art !!!! not cleaner than Singapore?

well, i only can say one thing

OH MY F&#$ GOD :eek: :eek:

I DIND'T KNOW DUBAI'S SKYLINE IS ALREADY SO HUGE :eek:

Fantastic job Tom!! I don't know how you took so many fantastic photos in just three days. You had so many perfect locations for the photo.

Truly great stuff! But I have to say that I think this photo of the wooden boat was one of my favorites. I haven't seen a photo of a wooden object that captured its beauty so well.

http://tinypic.com/4jkh6o

Great pics Tom! I nearly booked a stopover there yesterday, and would love to go, just seems one of those places that will forever be a building site though? & i'd hate to miss out so held off and plumped for KL/SGP again instead!

Fantastic job Tom!! I don't know how you took so many fantastic photos in just three days. You had so many perfect locations for the photo.

Truly great stuff! But I have to say that I think this photo of the wooden boat was one of my favorites. I haven't seen a photo of a wooden object that captured its beauty so well.

http://tinypic.com/4jkh6o

man look at the varnish of the wood on that boat.

dubai looks amazing as usual.

lot of buildings uc at once!

Holy Chirst shite in a bucket! If these aren't some of the finest Duabi pics I've seen. Please go back and do a recap once the behemoth super tower there is finished.

wow,very nice pics Tom!!

http://tinypic.com/4j74uf
is this river? very clean!

WOW! Very nicely taken pics! You are very good!

Dubai is simply amazing, this thread simply justifies my vote in the other thread.:D

wow,very nice pics Tom!!

http://tinypic.com/4j74uf
is this river? very clean!

This is a pool of water on the basement of Emirates Towers, that falls down over the edge, creating a 50 meters wide, 10 meters high waterfall. One of the best aspect of the Tower's complex that is always ignored.

Beginning of day 3.

The creek
http://tinypic.com/4kdvl5

Sit down and enjoy your life :)
http://tinypic.com/4kdvlz

http://tinypic.com/4kdvnm

Palm Deira under construction
http://tinypic.com/4kdvyh

The same ship from more than 30 floors over ground. I am in the restaurant of the Hyatt Regancy.
http://tinypic.com/4kdvzm

The Palm Deira
http://tinypic.com/4kdw5i

Sharjahs skyline is really nice.
http://tinypic.com/4kdw8l

The Harbour of Dubai
http://tinypic.com/4kdw9h

One of my fears was that the whole city is a construction site but there is not so much construction in the old center.
http://tinypic.com/4kdxqr

The SZR
http://tinypic.com/4kdxtl

http://tinypic.com/4kdxxj

http://tinypic.com/4kdxye

Wow, I love the old town, didn't realize Dubai had much of an old town, I sure hope they keep it. Great pictures, but I still find it hard to like this city, purely because from a personal point of view, I realy dislike the skyscraper architecuture, It's hideous. But never the less, this city has gonna up hugely in my estimation, nice to see some pictures of the real Dubai, not just photos of towers.

It is not the tow that I adore Dubai. as always surprising

:eek: Wow! These are hands down the best pictures of Dubai I have ever seen. Your photos have truly opened my eyes to this diamond in the rough. I can't wait for the rest of them. :yes:

These are the finest pictures of Dubai I have ever seen, it truly is a real city. I have a new respect

waaaoowwww!!!! great city!!
i see a lot similarities btwn dubai & singapore

♣♣♣♣♣

very good pics. A pleasure to see. the cladding of a building looks like the cladding of the eureka tower.

End of day 3

Sorry for the empty street pics.

The following are typical streetscences from the city center.

Even if the guy don`t really look friendly the people in Dubai are very nice. Everyone stopped and helped me when i asked them.
http://tinypic.com/4ktkis

http://tinypic.com/4ktks9

http://tinypic.com/4ktl6d

http://tinypic.com/4ktla9

http://tinypic.com/4ktlhv

http://tinypic.com/4ktliv

Inside of Emriates Hotel Tower
http://tinypic.com/4ktlkm

http://tinypic.com/4ktlol

http://tinypic.com/4ktlbb

http://tinypic.com/4ktlpk

http://tinypic.com/4ktlqq

Inside a shopping mall
http://tinypic.com/4ktlrr

http://tinypic.com/4ktlx2

http://tinypic.com/4ktly0

http://tinypic.com/4ktm2u

Is this the End?
Not if you don`t want.
I can make a extanded edition of day 1,2 and 3 and i can post a surpise ;)
Do you want?

Wow! The first three look like a high class area in India perhaps (EDIT: excluding the Arabic script :))

Wow! The first three look like a high class area in India perhaps (EDIT: excluding the Arabic script :))

I really dont undestand u guys. The older part is india and the newer part is fake.

Martin, please DO!!!

More cars wouldn't hurt also.

Really fabulous pictures of Dubai. :eek2: I would love to visit but I am a bit hesitant. How well are Westerner's, women in particular, treated?

Cheers!!

Great pics, cheers mate!

Man, you've done a great job, you've as others already said and I've said in your thread in the UAE forum just taken the best set of pics of Dubai. This should give the people a view of older Dubai which they don't seem to see.

Really fabulous pictures of Dubai. :eek2: I would love to visit but I am a bit hesitant. How well are Westerner's, women in particular, treated?

Cheers!!


Don't worry at all, in the gulf, western women are treated without any problems, thousands live there and in Dubai, it's no exception, trust me, you'll feel at home and probably you wouldn't want to leave ;). Hope this helps you and hey don't be afraid, no one will bite :D.

dubai is home to more then 100,000 europeans.

wow man, Crazy photos, i love them, maybe in 2-5 years i will be there ( thx to the ingenieering school)

Thanks Bahraini Spirit, I feel so much better knowing that. :banana: I would really love to visit Dubai. Judging from the pictures it looks like a great city. I'm sure that the people are equally wonderful. I love Middle Eastern food. Dubai...Here I come!!! :laugh:

Cheers!!

fantastic!:okay:

@all: Thanks for the compliments

Here is the extended edition of day 1 :)

This is my hotel, the Golden Sands Apartments Nr.3
http://tinypic.com/4kxx1w

What i have seen after leaving my hotel for the first time. O_O
http://tinypic.com/4kxydv

Again some birds i have never seen before.
http://tinypic.com/4kxyiu

The sidewalks near the harbour are realy empty, but natural looking green.
http://tinypic.com/4kxyl3

http://tinypic.com/4kxyq9

http://tinypic.com/4kxyro

More propaganda
http://tinypic.com/4kxysp

The SZR
http://tinypic.com/4kxyx2

http://tinypic.com/4kxyya

:D
http://tinypic.com/4kxyzb

Emirates Towers
http://tinypic.com/4kxz0g

http://tinypic.com/4kxz47

http://tinypic.com/4kxz55

Part one
http://tinypic.com/4kxz6p

Part two (8x optical zoom)
http://tinypic.com/4kxzb8

http://tinypic.com/4kxzch

http://tinypic.com/4kxzkm

How do people cross SZR ?

I must say these photos are amazing... thank you for sharing with us Tom Green.

I can't believe Dubai only has a population of 1.2 million .... looks like a city with 5 million +.

Great pics. The place looks magical. An almost perfect blend of the West and the middle eastern culture. There would be no doubt that it would be a great place to visit. I repect ppl who take control of their own destiny and thats what Dubai is doing.

:eek: OMFG! Why did you withhold these pics in the first place? ;)

And I bet the surprise is a panorama or an aerial shot, isn't it? :yes:

And I bet the surprise is a panorama or an aerial shot, isn't it? :yes:


Sorry but you must wait, to see what it is ;)

Extended edition of day 2 :)
A street near my hotel
http://tinypic.com/4l3bwh

http://tinypic.com/4l3bz7

http://tinypic.com/4l3c3n

http://tinypic.com/4l3c6g

http://tinypic.com/4l3f9c

http://tinypic.com/4l3cbb

http://tinypic.com/4l3ccy

http://tinypic.com/4l3ceq

Propaganda, again :D
http://tinypic.com/4l3civ

http://tinypic.com/4l3cki

I want to have such a car, too >_<
http://tinypic.com/4l3clf

The two made a small race against each other.
http://tinypic.com/4l3cqe

http://tinypic.com/4l3csw

SZR from a taxi.
http://tinypic.com/4l3cwj

It was difficult to make this pic because this is not such a quiet place as it looks. Behind the horse is a road with 4 lanes and on the hill is a street, too.
http://tinypic.com/4l3cyr

Something else that no one told me about Dubai.
http://tinypic.com/4l3egx

http://tinypic.com/4l3eia

http://tinypic.com/4l3ejt

http://tinypic.com/4l3ekx

http://tinypic.com/4l3eok

http://tinypic.com/4l3epi

http://tinypic.com/4l3eqf

Me :)
http://tinypic.com/4l3erd

Gladys8it, no prob and enjoy it.


How do people cross SZR ?

Hopefully this pic might help find an answer to that question :).

http://tinypic.com/4juxdz

this is the first thread about dubai without any negative posts! :)

awesome pictures i have to say it again :okay:

I don't think that quite answers the question of how people cross SZR...unless that one pedestrian bridge is what you're talking about.

Maybe there are underground walkways?

Excellent pictures. Very large variety, and lots of exotic cars in the UAE.

THe water looks gorgeous.

Everything looks gorgeous, except nothing ;)

I don't think that quite answers the question of how people cross SZR...unless that one pedestrian bridge is what you're talking about.

Maybe there are underground walkways?


He mean the pedestrian bridge.
They are no underground walkways. It is very difficult and dangerous to discover Dubai by feet.

The last extanded edition :)
Street near my hotel.
http://tinypic.com/4ln3pl

SZR seen from this area
http://tinypic.com/4ln3te

The Creek
http://tinypic.com/4ln3uc

Alienship
http://tinypic.com/4ln3va

http://tinypic.com/4ln3wh

Sharjah and Palm Deira
http://tinypic.com/4ln3x1

City Center
http://tinypic.com/4ln40j

The waves during my trip have been very tall. Swimming was forbidden.
http://tinypic.com/4ln411

Entry to the Gold Souk
http://tinypic.com/4ln42w

The Creek
http://tinypic.com/4ln43m

http://tinypic.com/4ln5e1

http://tinypic.com/4ln5ev

From the 40th floor of the Emirates Hotel Tower
http://tinypic.com/4ln5fa

http://tinypic.com/4ln5g6

The DIFC
http://tinypic.com/4ln5gy

The SZR again
http://tinypic.com/4ln5hh

I wanted to see the construction site of this monster
http://tinypic.com/4ln5kx

But from the ground it was impossible
http://tinypic.com/4ln5ll

I saw some workers working on an advertising board. The board was 14m tall.
http://tinypic.com/4ln6th

I asked them. At first they wanted that i climb to the top. I tried it but after 3m i thought that no skyscraper in the world is worth to risk the life for it. So i showed them how my camera works.
http://tinypic.com/4ln6oo

They made pics for me but from the wrong building >_<
http://tinypic.com/4ln5w3

But it was okay. After they gave me everything back i wanted to pay them. 50Dihram around 12€. But they don`t wanted it. Very nice people. :)
http://tinypic.com/4ln61g

I had problem to find the exit in this shopping mall.
http://tinypic.com/4ln691

http://tinypic.com/4ln6af

Only one thing left, the surpise :D

^Can't hardly wait. :colgate:

YEAH we can't wait, plzzzz

Okay it`s time for the surprise :)

All pics are in order and from april 17th.

http://tinypic.com/4lrdzl

http://tinypic.com/4lre3b

http://tinypic.com/4lre4j

http://tinypic.com/4lre5k

http://tinypic.com/4lre6u

http://tinypic.com/4lreaa

http://tinypic.com/4lreci

http://tinypic.com/4lredk

http://tinypic.com/4lrehj

http://tinypic.com/4lrej6

http://tinypic.com/4lreon
Please don`t blame me for the weather. >_<

Okay this is the very end of my Dubai pics.
I hope you enjoyed it. :)

But there is one thing i can`t share with you. I made a video during the take off, too. Sorry but this is something i can`t share :)

god these pics make me so homesick

amazing pictures, show us more!

hey do you have some 'streetscenes' for us?

Well as Martin said, those were his last picks. :)

Wow. I am ususally one of the biggest Dubai skeptics around... I have to say, this is the first really good Dubai thread I have seen. Very impressive...

Wow, excellent pics, thanx for sharing those amazing pics

Absolutely beautiful shots! I find it hard to believe that the city is facing a housing shortage despite the crazy pace of construction. :runaway:

By the way, do you happen to be an aviation enthusiast as well?

loved the pics, maybe this tour will finally quiet all the dubai bashers on SSC

and thanks for the new wallpaper
http://tinypic.com/4juxdz

Great job

Thanx for sharing these gorgeos pix :)

By the way, do you happen to be an aviation enthusiast as well?

Not a real big anymore but i was happy to fligh the new A 340-500.
The entertainment on board tops everything i have seen before :D

If you mean the airport pics i have made. I made them only because i have a diggicam and can make as many pics as i want. I didn`t thought about the planes.

Great, lovely pics!!

I have been drawing so many Dubai buildings that I almost forgot it was a real city until I saw this thread. I really wish I could go there right now!

Amazing cityyy!!! i wanna visit.... i have to..
thanx!

One thing I like about Dubai is the mix of the old and the new. Tom_Green, you did a great job showing that to everyone. :applause:

man if we as humans ever want our socities,technology, counties and cities to continue to expand and become greater we need to embrace our neibourghs of the world, hate will destroy it all if u let it continue

holy shit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am stunned..... WOW

what a city!

a myth in desert.......

I'm gonna say this again - amazing pix, mate.

I miss this thread

Go Dubai. Middle East' Big Apple ! It is always advancing......

Is Dubai an expensive city?

Dubai is cheaper than any well known american city , or european , or australian city for that matter , cheaper than japan

so there you go :) and no it isnt expensive , u can have lots of fun and spend almost nothing , or go wild and spend a million in under an hour :)

It's made out to be really expensive because of burj al arab and some others. There are a good few expensive 5* there but there are also some that aren't so expensive. I've seen rates of 60 euros a night for some 4* there

wow great pix! gotta visit there some day
btw approx. how many chinese r there living or working in dubai ?

:eek2: :eek2: :)

WWWOOOW woww, I'm really impressed , Dubai is Dubai, there are constructions everywhere.......


:)

there are a few thousand chinese here , but Dubai plans to atract 500,000 chinese to the city to work and live in the biggest china town in the world !

Awesome pics. Dubai is exploding.

dubai rules!!!

Thx tom, u really did an exelent job showing to us this gorgeous city wich is hav a lot of amazing vitality ! :applause:

there are a few thousand chinese here , but Dubai plans to atract 500,000 chinese to the city to work and live in the biggest china town in the world !
wat?! 500,000?! wat policies r they planning to have to attract that many chinese?

Wonderful trip.

Spectacular, orderly, modern and nice. The entire middle east should be like that.

Dubai is nice. I went there in '98. A lot of Dubai bashers out there don't really know what the city is all about. It's very new but very very ambitious as well. The culture is pretty fascinating and the Western influence (shopping malls, cars, highways, sprawl) is pretty evident. I do wonder how they will fill up all those hi-rises with residents and workers. Where are the jobs coming from? I know tourism and a free port provides the employment but it seems like they're building for a wave of millions of immigrants.

http://tinypic.com/4kdxtl

:bow:

Thanks for sharing these phenomenal visions! :cool:

Camel, Sandy Beach, Pristine Ocean, and Skyscrapers. Oh My God, It's a Mirage !!!

That is very impressive, it's so good to see Dubai's older areas as well as it's towers. It really looks like an impressive city. All it needs now is a state of the art public transport system to comlement it's other infrastructure. The pics are absolutely fabulous! Much greener than I expected as well, I thought it would be all concrete but it's not. Of course it's not natural greenery, it's built in a desert but that doesn't matter.

Amazing photos!
The pictures showing an entire row of skyscrapers under construction is mind- boggling!

I can't help but see the irony in comparing the fate of my Detroit with that of Dubai.
* Detroit was once the automotive capital of the world and now cannot make any money from the car business. We struggle just to preserve the buildings and skyscrapers we have.
* Dubai is building itself from the oil profits made from selling the fuel to run the cars that Detroit, more than any other city, was responsible for.

The people in Dubai are smart to diversify while the oil supply lasts.

Amazing photos!
The pictures showing an entire row of skyscrapers under construction is mind- boggling!

I can't help but see the irony in comparing the fate of my Detroit with that of Dubai.
* Detroit was once the automotive capital of the world and now cannot make any money from the car business. We struggle just to preserve the buildings and skyscrapers we have.
* Dubai is building itself from the oil profits made from selling the fuel to run the cars that Detroit, more than any other city, was responsible for.

The people in Dubai are smart to diversify while the oil supply lasts.

Do you just believe that what you have said is true or have you read it somewhere ?

im really lookin forward to the influx of chinese into the city if it does happen. it will add a whole new cultural element. but what i really want is an influx of brazilians!

I have a few pics od Dubai, i was there in octoer and i have to say that it is the best place in the world i have been to.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b355/steveja1991/Dubai/DSC00587.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b355/steveja1991/Dubai/DSC00610.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b355/steveja1991/Dubai/DSC00558.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b355/steveja1991/Dubai/DSC00520.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b355/steveja1991/Dubai/DSC00522.jpg

Oh thankssss :D your too kind , now please get a decent camera before i strangle you ^^

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not every city has little pieces of gold hidden in the water ;)
this city is in one word fucking amzing.
I think its a glimp of the future, how cities wil be build and look like in the whole world. But i think this city is going to have a strong vegas or miami twist..a very bad side of a city.

Tom you've taken the best pics od dubai i've ever seen. ur a Natural Photographer.

wow....steve1991, nice pix but you should really consider resizing them. :sly:

Do you just believe that what you have said is true or have you read it somewhere ?

I read an article about how the United Arab Emirates is planning for the future by emphasizing tourism since oil revenues will eventually decrease when the oil reserves start to run out. I also watched a TV show (Megastructures?) about the construction of the Palm Island resort where the narrator may have made a similar statement about having a strong tourism industry that would last past the age of oil. I do not remember the exact wording.

If you want to correct me on anything, go ahead. I am from Detroit, I can take it! If the funding for the building boom is not comming from oil revenues, I would be very curious to know how the financing was arranged. Please use plain language and provide details, as I am not the sharpest pencil in the box!

I dont know how to qoute pictures can someone tell me how?...but anywayz the picture of the poster of Burj Dubai on post #59 has buidings from Sydney if you look closer...can someone tell me why? :dunno:

OMG!!! Nice frick'n job dude!! Awesome pictures!!! Wonder what will happen to Dubai when the oil runs dry??

^^ nothing

OMG!!! Nice frick'n job dude!! Awesome pictures!!! Wonder what will happen to Dubai when the oil runs dry??

man some people are still so misinformend about dubai. Dubai ecnomy is only 7% based on oil, so almost nothing will happen when it runs out.

Dubai just seems fake honestly perhaps its just because they have so much damn urbanization in such a large area. Just my opinion though...

Dubai is one of the best cities in the world.

The best pics of Dubai ever. Thanks for showing the real Dubai. I love the old city centre.

there are a few thousand chinese here , but Dubai plans to atract 500,000 chinese to the city to work and live in the biggest china town in the world !
we chinese seems fill in the vacancy of the world, lol
i'd love to work in this seaside city for a longtime, haha.

Nice pics mate!

damn nice photos!!!! What an impressive city!

somehow many pics aren't showing.

OMG!!! Nice frick'n job dude!! Awesome pictures!!! Wonder what will happen to Dubai when the oil runs dry??


nothing, forgein investment will keep flowing in, and oil is not the only factor which contributes to UAE, dubai has become the 5th largest tourist attracter in the world and should be no.1 by 2010, they will make more money from tourism then oil.

and dubai is not the only country with Oil theres kuwait, qatar, bahrain, iran, iraq, russia (the largest), usa, mexico, usa who all have more oil then dubai and its not oil which makes there economy.

dubai has become the 5th largest tourist attracter in the world and should be no.1 by 2010, they will make more money from tourism then oil.
I wish that was true :D

Tom_Green, you have done spectacular job! Thanks :applause:

Let me start to post the real interesting pictures :D

A secret message :D
http://tinypic.com/4jkhky

Bwahahahahaha !!! :rofl:

Oh my!!! Very nice pics of Dubai!! I have to say that this city it's so impressive!

Oh my... is this thread still alive :D


Thanks everyboddy for the nice comments.


The pics became more famous then i wanted. A newspaper in Dubai used my pics for the second time. One of the forumer saw one of my pics in a TV commercial and a commercial webpage used also one of my pics.
And all the time they did it without aksing.

kiku99: The thread is 1.5years old and tinypic sucks now. But try to press the F5 button. Maybe this will help.


I was in Seoul some days ago with a small stop in Dubai :D

Here are the skyscraper and skyline shots.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=392102

And here is everything else ;)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=392178

Definitely I will visit Dubai one day.

Dubai's amazing. It looks really like Shanghai, rapidly developing city! :)

one of the best dubai pic's I've ever seen, thank you Tom :okay:!!!!

Thanks everyboddy :)

More pics.

I was in Seoul 3 weeks ago. My airline was Emirates so we made a stop in Dubai. I had 2 x 3hours at the Dubai airport.


Inside the Dubai airport.
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/33/img4623np2.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2656/img4633oz1.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7236/img4638ta5.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9320/img6680ob1.jpg

The Dubai Airport is great for shopping
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3121/img6683ao5.jpg

The Emirates fleet
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8366/img4648av9.jpg

The new Terminal u/c.
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3875/img6669ne3.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9310/img6686ij0.jpg

Festival City u/c
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6697/img6701mi5.jpg

Other building u/c at the airport
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4972/img6702wd7.jpg

I was always sitting on the wrong side of the plane.
This is the area between Dubai and Sharjah during the take off. The pics from the landing are not worth to be posted.
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/176/img4662oi6.jpg

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/2797/img4663lt0.jpg

This is the SZR skyline from the second landing. I took the next two pics with an exposure time of 1/5 at 135mm x1,6 crop factor = 220mm.
The area with the bright light is the Burj Dubai construction site.
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6435/img6656oe8.jpg

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1751/img6657wf9.jpg

Here are my best pics. Second take off. I was sitting again on the wrong side of the plane. The most pics showing Sharjahs skyline. I like the skyline of this city.
The pics are extrem photsohped because the view was not very good.
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3165/img6704fb6.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3201/img6709tf3.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2435/img6710cz5.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6770/img6712zk0.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2993/img6713yx7.jpg

Please don`t ask. I myself want to know what it is :D
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/3848/img6714zz8.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8206/img6716zu4.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4302/img6720pl0.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6720/img6721in0.jpg

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8950/img6723wv6.jpg

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9908/img6724qm3.jpg

I like the next 2 pics the most so i upload them in a bigger version.
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/6075/ximg6718xnn7.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1097/ximg6725cw7.jpg

There are 2 versions of my Dubai thread. One here and one in the UAE forum. The second one is bigger ;)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=9987653#post9987653

Dubai's airport is awesome, i've been there before.

what is SZR?

and is majority of people there speak english as well? I might be sent to Dubai in the near future ...

Oh, and is it very hot compare with Singapore? coz for me Singapore is hot enough .. hehe

wow in those pics it seems sharjah has more buildings then dubai

what is SZR?

and is majority of people there speak english as well? I might be sent to Dubai in the near future ...

Oh, and is it very hot compare with Singapore? coz for me Singapore is hot enough .. hehe

SZR = Shiekh Zayed Road

Yes English is widely spoken and understood ...... it might be 5-10 degrees hotter during summer compared to Singapore but we dont have as much humidity as they do in Singapore.